A degree in dentistry is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #105 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Dentistry Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 491 degrees in dentistry annually.
Your choice of dentistry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dentistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Dentistry Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the dentistry degree levels they offer.
University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in dentistry. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 169 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the dentistry program make an average of $80,541 for their early career.
Temple University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in dentistry. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. This university ranks 8th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 137 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the dentistry program earn about $106,820 in their early career salary.
It is difficult to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in dentistry. Pitt is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. This university ranks 6th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 85 dentistry students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year. After graduating, dentistry degree recipients typically make an average of $103,099 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of dentistry school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for dentistry schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
